How was the atypical earthquake that shook the G20

At the Faculty of Astronomy and Geophysical Sciences of La Plata University felt tremors, Some experts through the corridors talk to each other and look for data that would allow them to explain what happened. Until he confirms that thanks to his seismographs It was an earthquake.

"Everybody was running here. We thought it was not an earthquake because it was very unusual, but it was " explained Nora Sabbione from the Department of Seismology and Meteorological Information of the Faculty.

Through the records of the seismological station in La Plata, experts were able to identify themWe have tried an "event of natural origin," registered at 10.27.44 local time.

"What we have just found is that what really happened is a natural event, an earthquake ", Sabbione said in a statement to the media. The specialist confirmed that "he was not a human being".

Meanwhile, there was a tremor felt by many residents of La Plata and the region, and "between 30 and 40 kilometers " cities. "We have to wait for a detailed analysis because it is not common for natural events in Buenos Aires," said Sabbione.

It's an unusual episode in the region. We have to go back to 1973 to find a similar event in the province of Buenos Aires, according to an expert.

Moreover, Sabbione said that "the time difference between the first wave coming and the onset of waves called surface waves was between 4 and 5 seconds and lasted for a few seconds." And they did not have replicas.

The Director of Seismology informed about the possibility to predict this type of event "If there are so few events in general, there are no previous speeches, what we know as the forerunners of the phenomenon. "That means they can not be predicted.